Massachusetts has received $4.85 million from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to clean up Brownfield sites throughout the state. The Massachusetts funds are part of more than $17.48 million in Brownfield grants that the EPA is awarding to municipalities and organizations across New England.

The grants, funded by EPA’s Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup grant program, provide communities with funding to assess, clean up and redevelop contaminated properties.

The EPA is awarding 48 separate grants to 46 different recipient organizations in six New England states. The funding is part of $67 million in EPA Brownfields investments awarded across the country.

In Massachusetts, the EPA awarded grants to more than 10 cities, including Boston, New Bedford, Lowell, Salem and Springfield.

In addition to the preceding Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup grants, the EPA also is providing Targeted Brownfields Assessment assistance to the town of Lee for assessment work at Eagle Mill Complex in Lee, valued at $115,000.

"Funding provided by EPA’s Brownfields program is an important asset for local communities working to get abandoned or derelict properties assessed, cleaned up and back into productive use," Curt Spalding, regional administrator of EPA’s New England office, said in a statement. "EPA’s investments in our communities through Brownfields grants leverage an average of approximately $17 for every dollar we spend. This is a wise investment in cleaning and revitalizing contaminated sites, creating jobs and new economic opportunities, and overall making our communities stronger and our environment cleaner."